About Match
The table reads 8th (Everton U18, 3 pts) against 3rd (Nottingham Forest U18, 9 pts), 6 points apart. On recent form Everton U18 sit only 19th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 8th overall. Against a league average of 2.5 goals per team per game, Everton U18 run at 2.33 scored and 2 conceded, Nottingham Forest U18 at 4.33 and 0.33. A win would lift Nottingham Forest U18 to 12 points and up to 1st (other results unchanged).
Nottingham Forest U18 arrive on a run of five straight wins. From the last five rounds, Everton U18 hold 6 points of 15 and Nottingham Forest U18 15.
The sides have met 8 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Everton U18, 0 draws and 3 for Nottingham Forest U18, at 3 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 63% of the meetings. The recent trend is more open — 4.2 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 3 all-time.